Nursing home
Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
480 Donald Street, Bedford, NH 03110 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 102 certified beds
Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Bedford, New Hampshire. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.19 hours per resident per day, below the New Hampshire average of 3.88. Its most recent inspection on Dec 17, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 1 fine totaling $24,850In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center compares
This facility vs. the New Hampshire and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New Hampshire avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.19 | 3.88 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.53 | 0.74 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.75 | 2.39 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.2% | 48.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 4.0 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the December 17, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 9, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $24,850, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 3, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 3, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 3, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Administration Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2023 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 480 Donald Street
Bedford, NH 03110 - CMS certification #
- 305086
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 102
- Avg residents/day
- 88.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1997-03-01
- Setting
- Urban
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice, 3 meals a day, pets allowed
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Participants of our respite care program receive the same high level of care that all of our residents enjoy.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
For those suffering from terminal illnesses, our palliative and hospice care program aims to relieve pain and symptoms while improving quality of life.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
We offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Family members and other visitors are welcome to bring their pets if they are leashed or contained.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
Smoke-Free Facility
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Catholic Medical Center, Manchester. 3.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Bedford Hills Center, Bedford. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Interim Healthcare, Manchester. 2.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Elliot Pharmacy at Bedford. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 03110 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Manchester Kidney Center, Manchester, 3.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Manchester Dialysis, Manchester, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Londonderry, Londonderry, 9.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 03110.
Compassus - Greater Manchester, office in Bedford, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Brookhaven Hospice Of New Hampshire LLC, office in Bedford, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Lilycare Of New Hampshire LLC, office in Bedford, 3.0 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Belonging Medical Group PLLC, Manchester. 2.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center reports 3.19 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Hampshire average of 3.88.
Has Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center have?
Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is certified for 102 beds.